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Coromandel corrugated iron home breaks with convention

This home by Herbst Architects combines rusty allusions to local farm buildings with a proudly contemporary form.

Clare Chapman
By Clare Chapman (Editor in Chief, HOME)
Last updated: 1 February 2024 | 7 min read

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Unique home surrounded by bush worth pond-ering

A quirky Kerikeri home beside a lily-pad pond offers tropical style, bush surrounds and treehouse charm.

It has been more than 30 years since Wendy Harvey and her late partner Wayne Edwards bought a very big field of onions and set about transforming it into a family property with a gracious home, airstrip and hangar. Photo: Barfoot & Thompson

Country home with private airstrip and hangar was once a field of onion

Former onion field transformed into a country estate with a private airstrip, hangar and pool.

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